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NEGROS PLAN
AN EFFORT TO
VOTE TUESDAY
________
Arrange Meeting
Here Sunday.
________
Indications that a large number
of Little Rock Negroes will attempt
to vote in the July 28 Democratic
primary were seen in announce-
ment yesterday of a meeting of the
Arkansas Negro Democratic Asso-
ciation to be held at Dreamland
hall, Ninth and State streets, at 5
p.m. Sunday.
"Political Mass Meeting"
Called for Sunday.
In a prepared statement sent to
the Gazette, Dr. J. M. Robinson,
president of the association wrote:
"A political mass meeting for
those interested in the Democratic
party is called to meet at the
Dreamland hall, Ninth and State
streets, at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26,
1942.
"Since November, 1928, during
the candidacy of our illustrious
Senator Robinson for the vice presi-
dency, at least 10,000 of us have
persistently supported the Demo-
cratic ticket. We make no effort
for mass voting for Negroes, no rep-
etition of the 1870s. We only want
orderly, liberty-loving, loyal Negro
Democrats to vote for congression-
al and senatorial candidates, tues-
day, 28th inst.
"The Supreme Court of the land
has decreed that we shall not be
deprived of this privilege. We shall
vote for the candidates of our
choice without fanfare, making no
effort to vote for those candidates
who are not seeking federal offices,
unless the judge at the polls vol-
untarily permits such.
"It is the desire of the leaders
of the Negro Democrats that we
evolve into the primaries by our
orderly and intelligent system of
voting, thereby assuring the white
South that in this era of peril***
we, the Negroes of Arkansas,
through our loyalty, are worthy of
the ballot."

NEGROS PLAN
AN EFFORT TO
VOTE TUESDAY
________
Arrange Meeting
Here Sunday.
________
Indications that a large number
of Little Rock Negroes will attempt
to vote in the July 28 Democratic
primary were seen in announce-
ment yesterday of a meeting of the
Arkansas Negro Democratic Asso-
ciation to be held at Dreamland
hall, Ninth and State streets, at 5
p.m. Sunday.
"Political Mass Meeting"
Called for Sunday.
In a prepared statement sent to
the Gazette, Dr. J. M. Robinson,
president of the association wrote:
"A political mass meeting for
those interested in the Democratic
party is called to meet at the
Dreamland hall, Ninth and State
streets, at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26,
1942.
"Since November, 1928, during
the candidacy of our illustrious
Senator Robinson for the vice presi-
dency, at least 10,000 of us have
persistently supported the Demo-
cratic ticket. We make no effort
for mass voting for Negroes, no rep-
etition of the 1870s. We only want
orderly, liberty-loving, loyal Negro
Democrats to vote for congression-
al and senatorial candidates, tues-
day, 28th inst.
"The Supreme Court of the land
has decreed that we shall not be
deprived of this privilege. We shall
vote for the candidates of our
choice without fanfare, making no
effort to vote for those candidates
who are not seeking federal offices,
unless the judge at the polls vol-
untarily permits such.
"It is the desire of the leaders
of the Negro Democrats that we
evolve into the primaries by our
orderly and intelligent system of
voting, thereby assuring the white
South that in this era of peril***
we, the Negroes of Arkansas,
through our loyalty, are worthy of
the ballot."

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Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas